Maine / Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife / Forester II
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
1 employee holds this title in Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife. Median total compensation for the role is $71,550, below the department median of $89,994.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Maine, the median wage for Foresters — about 70 people — is $66,480. Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife pays a median base salary of $50,578 for this role, 24% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Foresters across every employer in Maine, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Foresters — about 10,430 people — is $76,400. Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife’s median base salary is 34% below that national figure, below the 10th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Maine range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 3 of 4 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife is $58,961, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Forester II is held in 2 Maine departments. In Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife, the median of $71,550 ranks #2 of 2.
Median total compensation for the Forester II role in other Mainedepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 12 jurisdictions. In Maine, the median of $72,866 ranks #3 of 12. See Forester across all of Maine →
Median total compensation for comparable Forester roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Same department
Record list
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Forester II/Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife
Source-specific fields
At Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife, John Chappen serves as a Forester II. Their 2024 pay totaled $71,550.